Mining Incidents

Harrietts Pit: 2 reportable incidents Metal/Non-Metal

Controlled by Jones Rodney G
Jones County, NC  ·  Abandoned
MSHA Mine ID: 3101236

MSHA record for Harrietts Pit (mine ID 3101236). Fatalities, non-fatal incidents grouped by year, current operator and controller, and mine context.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
2
Years on record
1983
Latest incident
Jul 1983
Ownership history
  1. Howell Industries Inc 1950 to 1978
  2. Jones Marl & Sand Company Inc 1978 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.

Harrietts Pit sits in Jones County, North Carolina, where the Census mining category is 0.9% of county employment.

Local economic context
County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Jones County, North Carolina · Population 9,245
0.9%
Mining share of county employment
$55,659
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
No fatalities recorded at this mine.

Reportable incidents

2 on file

1983 · 2 incidents

July 26, 1983 NC · Metal/Non-Metal clerk, timekeeper, office worker, director of sales POWERED HAULAGE
Jones Marl & Sand Company Inc · Fall from machine

GOING TO DELIVER A MESSAGE TO EMPLOYEE ON A M-BIKE LOST CONTROL AND 2 WENT OVER HANDLE BARS DISLOCATED MY SHOULDER PULLED MUSCLES AND TENDONS SPLIT RIGHT WRIST BONE